Hi all,

I'm posting for my 7 year old daughter. Hope you can help her! She made

lemonade Saturday and added alot of sugar - a whole cup.

I seem to remember from high school I can reduce sourness by adding
baking soda. Did the sugar reduce the acid or hide it?

Just cureous.

Meryl

Meryl wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm posting for my 7 year old daughter. Hope you can help her! She made
>
> lemonade Saturday and added alot of sugar - a whole cup.
>
> I seem to remember from high school I can reduce sourness by adding
> baking soda. Did the sugar reduce the acid or hide it?
>
> Just cureous.

Hide it.

--
Dirk

The Consensus:-
The political party for the new millenium
http://www.theconsensus.org

"Meryl" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I'm posting for my 7 year old daughter. Hope you can help her! She made
>
> lemonade Saturday and added alot of sugar - a whole cup.
>
> I seem to remember from high school I can reduce sourness by adding
> baking soda. Did the sugar reduce the acid or hide it?
>
> Just cureous.
>
> Meryl

Refined sugar is acidic.

Dimitri

Meryl wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm posting for my 7 year old daughter. Hope you can help her! She
made
>
> lemonade Saturday and added alot of sugar - a whole cup.
>
> I seem to remember from high school I can reduce sourness by adding
> baking soda. Did the sugar reduce the acid or hide it?
>
> Just cureous.
>
> Meryl

The sugar just hides the acidity.

Baking soda really reduces the acidity. If you add baking soda to the
mixture it will start fizzling, as long as there is acid in it.
However, be sure not to add too much baking soda. Intake of too much
baking soda will make you produce a lot of 'air' and may cause purging.

Wilco

in article , Meryl at
wrote on 2/9/05 7:20 AM:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm posting for my 7 year old daughter. Hope you can help her! She made
>
> lemonade Saturday and added alot of sugar - a whole cup.
>
> I seem to remember from high school I can reduce sourness by adding
> baking soda. Did the sugar reduce the acid or hide it?
>
> Just cureous.
>
> Meryl

One cup of sugar for a tank of lemonade does not sound excessive to me.

Bill

All,

Next time we'll try putting in a teensy bit of baking soda before the
sugar. Hope that will be a little healthier!

Thanks for your help.

Meryl


Meryl wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm posting for my 7 year old daughter. Hope you can help her! She
made
>
> lemonade Saturday and added alot of sugar - a whole cup.
>
> I seem to remember from high school I can reduce sourness by adding
> baking soda. Did the sugar reduce the acid or hide it?
>
> Just cureous.
>
> Meryl

"Meryl" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> All,
>
> Next time we'll try putting in a teensy bit of baking soda before the
> sugar. Hope that will be a little healthier!
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Meryl

Why ?

Acid is NOT BAD for you.

Without it you could not digest food.

Dimitri

Dimitri wrote:
> "Meryl" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>> All,
>>
>> Next time we'll try putting in a teensy bit of baking soda before the
>> sugar. Hope that will be a little healthier!
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> Meryl
>
> Why ?
>
> Acid is NOT BAD for you.
>
> Without it you could not digest food.
>
> Dimitri

But it causes some people gas. So just don't drink lemonade

Jill

Meryl wrote:
>
> I'm posting for my 7 year old daughter. Hope you can help her! She
made lemonade Saturday and added alot of sugar - a whole cup.

There's no such word... "alot".

> I seem to remember from high school I can reduce sourness by adding
> baking soda. Did the sugar reduce the acid or hide it?
>
> Just cureous. (curious)
>
> Meryl

Why not simply dilute with water... duh

Use "A LOT" (two words) of ice.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> Dimitri wrote:
>> "Meryl" > wrote in message
>> oups.com...
>>> All,
>>>
>>> Next time we'll try putting in a teensy bit of baking soda before the
>>> sugar. Hope that will be a little healthier!
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>
>>> Meryl
>>
>> Why ?
>>
>> Acid is NOT BAD for you.
>>
>> Without it you could not digest food.
>>
>> Dimitri
>
> But it causes some people gas. So just don't drink lemonade
>
> Jill

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100004507.html

;-)

Dimitri

On 9 Feb 2005 13:33:27 -0800, "Meryl" > wrote:

>All,
>
>Next time we'll try putting in a teensy bit of baking soda before the
>sugar. Hope that will be a little healthier!

Be mindful of the fact that adding baking soda will mean that you're
adding sodium. The relative health risk will depend somewhat on the
intended consumer. If the consumer is a very active, non-overweight
kid, sugar might be better.

The best solution might be aspartame. No sodium, no calories.

Steve Turner

Steve Turner wrote:
>
> On 9 Feb 2005 13:33:27 -0800, "Meryl" > wrote:
>
> >All,
> >
> >Next time we'll try putting in a teensy bit of baking soda before the
> >sugar. Hope that will be a little healthier!
>
> Be mindful of the fact that adding baking soda will mean that you're
> adding sodium. The relative health risk will depend somewhat on the
> intended consumer. If the consumer is a very active, non-overweight
> kid, sugar might be better.
>
> The best solution might be aspartame. No sodium, no calories.

The best solution to sour lemonade is miraculin from the miracle berry
(Richadella dulcifica aka Synsepalum dulcificum Daniell),

Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1079(3) 303-7 (1991)

Google
miraculin 1100 hits

100% natural, too.

--
Uncle Al
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/
(Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz.pdf

On 9 Feb 2005 14:11:20 -0800, Sheldon > wrote:

> There's no such word... "alot".

8,630,000 google hits

Best,
Borek
--
http://www.chembuddy.com - chemical calculators for labs and education
BATE - Base Acid Titration and Equilibria
program for pH calculations

Bore wrote:
>
> <PENMART01> wrote:
> >
> > There's no such word... "alot".
>
> 8,630,000 google hits

Google isn't a word either, you low IQ Bore!

Sheldon wrote:
> Bore wrote:
> >
> > <PENMART01> wrote:
> > >
> > > There's no such word... "alot".
> >
> > 8,630,000 google hits
>
> Google isn't a word either, you low IQ Bore-On Moron!

First Google hit:
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/alot.html

"Perhaps this common spelling error began because there does exist in
English a word spelled "allot" which is a verb meaning to apportion
or grant. The correct form, with "a" and "lot" separated by a
space is perhaps not often encountered in print because formal writers
usually use other expressions such as "a great deal," "often,"
etc. If you can't remember the rule, just remind yourself that just
as you wouldn't write "alittle" you shouldn't write
"alot.""

BORE-ON MORON

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .

Sheldon wrote:
>
> Bore wrote:
> >
> > <PENMART01> wrote:
> > >
> > > There's no such word... "alot".
> >
> > 8,630,000 google hits
>
> Google isn't a word either, you low IQ Bore!

"Google" was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 1999. It was
the Word of the Year.

http://www.askoxford.com/pressroom/a...rpers/?view=uk
http://www.askoxford.com/worldofword...ayear/?view=uk
http://www.wordspy.com/words/google.asp
http://www.fw.uri.br/~arpasi/linux/google.pdf
http://www.at-web.de/google/stories/googlen.htm
and in German.

OED also added googlewhacking and google bombing.

Google
googling 557,000 hits

Uncle Al says, "Those who know nothing should reply in kind.

--
Uncle Al
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/
(Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz.pdf

In article . com>, "Sheldon" > wrote:
>
>Bore wrote:
>>
>> <PENMART01> wrote:
>> >
>> > There's no such word... "alot".
>>
>> 8,630,000 google hits
>
>Google isn't a word either, you low IQ Bore!

Actually it is. Made the dictionary last year IIRC


Bruce


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If it was Us, what did that make Me ? After all, I´m one of Us. I must be.
I´ve certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No-one ever thinks
of themselves as one of Them. We´re always one of Us. It´s Them that do
the bad things. <=> Terry Pratchett. Jingo.

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Uncle Al wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
> >
> > Bore wrote:
> > >
> > > <PENMART01> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > There's no such word... "alot".
> > >
> > > 8,630,000 google hits
> >
> > Google isn't a word either, you low IQ Bore!
>
> "Google" was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 1999. It was
> the Word of the Year.
>
> http://www.askoxford.com/pressroom/a...rpers/?view=uk
> http://www.askoxford.com/worldofword...ayear/?view=uk
> http://www.wordspy.com/words/google.asp
> http://www.fw.uri.br/~arpasi/linux/google.pdf
> http://www.at-web.de/google/stories/googlen.htm
> and in German.
>
> OED also added googlewhacking and google bombing.

Those are not dictionary entrys for "Google", they'rre merely articles
for discussion.

The New Oxford Dictionary of English is the first dictionary of British
English online. This new dictionary from Oxford, the leading authority
on the English language, is designed to reflect the way language is
used today. Offering a fresh and different approach, it contains
numerous encyclopedic entries, notes on grammar, and help with
questions of usage. The New Oxford Dictionary of English is also
available in print.

Dictionary Search Results

No hits found for : Google
---
Merrian Webster does not contain an entry for Google either:

The word you've entered isn't in the dictionary. Click on a spelling
suggestion below or try again using the search box to the right.

Suggestions for google:
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Uncle Al wrote:
>
> Steve Turner wrote:
> >
> > On 9 Feb 2005 13:33:27 -0800, "Meryl" > wrote:
> >
> > >All,
> > >
> > >Next time we'll try putting in a teensy bit of baking soda before the
> > >sugar. Hope that will be a little healthier!
> >
> > Be mindful of the fact that adding baking soda will mean that you're
> > adding sodium. The relative health risk will depend somewhat on the
> > intended consumer. If the consumer is a very active, non-overweight
> > kid, sugar might be better.
> >
> > The best solution might be aspartame. No sodium, no calories.
>
> The best solution to sour lemonade is miraculin from the miracle berry
> (Richadella dulcifica aka Synsepalum dulcificum Daniell),
>
> Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1079(3) 303-7 (1991)
>
> Google
> miraculin 1100 hits
>
> 100% natural, too.
>
> --
> Uncle Al
> http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/
> (Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)
> http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz.pdf

We actually have a miracle fruit tree in our yard. It really is amazing
how much it changes the taste of things - give me a lemon and a miracle
fruit over the sweetest orange you can find any day.
Things that already do taste sweet are absolutely disgusting for about
half an hour after chewing a berry though.

Rob.

Borek wrote:

> On 9 Feb 2005 14:11:20 -0800, Sheldon > wrote:
>
>> There's no such word... "alot".
>
>
> 8,630,000 google hits
>
> Best,
> Borek

But even Google agrees "alot" is not a word. Notice in the upper right
hand corner "alot" is not underlined. That means Google didn't find the
word at www.dictionary.com.

--Charlene


--
If you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day. If you give a man a
stick of TNT, there will be little unidentifiable fish parts all over
the village. -- Jack Handy


email perronnelle at earthlink . net

"Dimitri" > wrote in message
m...
>

>
> Refined sugar is acidic.
>
> Dimitri
>

Sorry that is not so. Refined sugar is almost pure sucrose which is not
acidic, very near to neutral I would say.

David

Oh, I should have been more clear. The amount of sugar (1 cup) seemed
like a lot so I thought if the acid was less, we could take some out.

Meryl

Dimitri wrote:
> "Meryl" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> > All,
> >
> > Next time we'll try putting in a teensy bit of baking soda before
the
> > sugar. Hope that will be a little healthier!
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Meryl
>
> Why ?
>
> Acid is NOT BAD for you.
>
> Without it you could not digest food.
>
> Dimitri

It balances it. Just as wine with no acidity is unbalanced, lemonade
with no sugar is unbalanced.

John

"David Hare-Scott" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
> m...
>>
>
>>
>> Refined sugar is acidic.
>>
>> Dimitri
>>
>
> Sorry that is not so. Refined sugar is almost pure sucrose which is not
> acidic, very near to neutral I would say.
>
> David

OK. "acidifying"

Dimitri


http://www.essense-of-life.com/info/foodchart.htm
http://www.healingdaily.com/detoxifi...diet/sugar.htm
http://www.mendosa.com/acidic_foods.htm

http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/terrai...o_alkalize.htm

5. Sugar. Especially white sugar or high fructose corn syrup. Anything with
sugar added will increase it's acidifying properties immensely.

On 9 Feb 2005 18:37:31 -0800, "Sheldon" > wrote:

>Those are not dictionary entrys for "Google", they'rre merely articles
>for discussion.

"They'rre" isn't a word either.

Steve Turner

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 16:02:41 -0600, "jmcquown"
> wrote:
>
> But it causes some people gas. So just don't drink lemonade
>
> Jill
>
Lemonade causes gas? I've never heard of that!

sf

Just how much lemonade are we talking about? For a standard 2 quart
pitcher 1 cup of sugar is not too much. Lemonade is SUPPOSE to have
that sweet/tart taste. Food doesn't always have to be "healthy".

Steve Turner wrote:
> On 9 Feb 2005 18:37:31 -0800, "Sheldon" > wrote:
>
>
>>Those are not dictionary entrys for "Google", they'rre merely articles
>>for discussion.
>
>
> "They'rre" isn't a word either.
>
> Steve Turner
>

"entrys"? Typos R Us...

--Charlene

--
If you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day. If you give a man a
stick of TNT, there will be little unidentifiable fish parts all over
the village. -- Jack Handy


email perronnelle at earthlink . net

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 05:42:50 GMT, Charlene Charette
> wrote:

>>> There's no such word... "alot".
>> 8,630,000 google hits
>> Best,
>> Borek
>
> But even Google agrees "alot" is not a word. Notice in the upper right
> hand corner "alot" is not underlined. That means Google didn't find the
> word at www.dictionary.com.

Where and when did I wrote 'alot is a word'? Show me the place and
I will eat my hat.

What I was pointing at was that there are many real words that are much
less frequent used on the net than 'alot'. 8.6 million hits is a lot.
Pencil makes 9 milion hits, moron makes 2 million, bore 6.7 million,
even Sheldon makes less hits than 'alot', although I am not sure
whether 'Sheldon' is a word. But then English is my second language.

Best,
Borek
--
http://www.chembuddy.com - chemical calculators for labs and education
BATE - Base Acid Titration and Equilibria
program for pH calculations

In article .com>,
says...
> Just how much lemonade are we talking about? For a standard 2 quart
> pitcher 1 cup of sugar is not too much. Lemonade is SUPPOSE to have
> that sweet/tart taste. Food doesn't always have to be "healthy".

Indeed that's true.

I was reading today that the trend of giving young children fruit juice
is even worse than just handing them a can of soda. Seems that even
natural sugars are nasties when consumed in quantity.